First, be advised that all of these VCD's are IN CHINESE ONLY. In our opinion that doesn't matter much because the instruction is clear and the quality of photography very good. But we will not accept returns just because people didn't read... IN CHINESE ONLY. Given that, these are really tremendous deals for the money. Each of these special VCD's can be played on a computer for full enjoyment. Made for PC's they are also Mac compatible by downloading Quicktime (for free) and any similar VCD player program. Also playable on most DVD players. For less than $10.00? Wow!

Wu Dang TAI HE Style Boxing

Wu Dang Great Harmony shows a collection of forms and exercises of great interest for training methods if nothing else. The demonstrator, Fan Ke Ping, is the author of an unusual series of books with illustrations of practitoners dressed in old style Chinese garb demonstrating a number of unique forms like the split knives. (Plum is just about the only place you can still get copies of this series - it's hard to find). The demosntrations of the Iron Body and Poison Hand training is quite extensive with much discussion in Chinese of correct form, respirational technique and more. As with all serious Iron Hand, Golden Bell and Poison Hand training caution should be observed in any practice of them. As a historical note, "Tai He" (Great Harmony) is said to have been the name of the Wu Dang area before it was changed through imperial edict to what we now call it.

Demonstrator: Fan Ke Ping is the 13th generation leader of the Wu Dang Tai He style.

DISCLAIMER: We don't normally do this but since this is a Poison Hand series and since Teacher Fan appears to have some of the features, such as a sunken visage, of those who practice this method to excess, we feel compeled to remind the buyer that this type of training should only be approached with caution.

Golden Bell Kung Fu

VCD#1265 Golden Bell Exercises
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

"Jin Zhong Zhao" is the Chinese name of Golden Bell Qigong. This series comes from the Song Dynasty from Tong Zhou. In the Ming period it was linked by Tao Shi Deng Kun Lun to WuDang (Tai He) Kung fu. This is one stage of Iron Body training - also known as the Goldern Bell as int his case - which is a combination of breathing, dynamic tension and striking exercises. The strikes here may seem a little light because in this series, with this painted background all the sound tracks are re-dubbed with a professional narrator and the normal sound tracks are removed. Do the striking doesn't "sound." At the end of this series there is self striking down with wooden instruments and something like the cover is replicated. Nor recommended for those prone to headaches.

Iron Shirt Kung Fu

VCD#1266 Five Phoenix Iron Shirt Work
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

Tie Bu Shan. Iron Shirt training is an important part of many Kung Fu systems. Developed slowly over the centuries it can be broken down into a general schema: introduce the movement, introduce the breathing, show the Jing or energy, focus the mind and then strike the body or have the body struck. It is important to know that these different levels were not always taught at once. So this version of the Iron Shirt excludes the striking practice. It can still be considered Iron Shirt training though more for health perservation than fighting. This method is said to have been passed from Tong Zhou (in the Song Dynasty) and then refined by Tao Shi (priest) Deng Kun Len during the Ming Dynasty.

5 Phoenix Kung Fu

VCD#1267 Five Phoenix Tai Yi Chi Kung
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

"WuFeng Qi Ming Gui XiSu" or the Five Phoenix Combined Shouting Tortoise Resting Method. This comes under the category of Iron Body. This approach not only has some body striking but utilizes meridan massage and stretching postures, both very good additions to standard training. This not only assures health preservation but acts as a safety guard for the possible difficulties of the harder training. Some claim this form dates back more than 1000 years to the Western Han period. In the Song Dynasty Tong Zhou learned it from an unknown master & passed it along. Kun Lun Deng spent 50 years to developing it further with traditional Wudang internal gong.

5 Poisons Hand Kung Fu

VCD#1268 Five Poison Hand
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

This routine also known as "5 Poison Emission Hand". Poison hand training is a branch of body conditioning far less known than Iron hand training. The difference lies in the approach which generally emphasizes less power, more speed, a lighter touch and the control of Chi. It is said that poison hand training can be bad for the trainer if not done properly. For those completely unfamiliar with this type of training this and other VCDs might seem a little odd. Much of the time is spent in technical discussions and there are long sections where the practitioners wind up but DON"T hit their training bags. Exotic training methods.

5 Poison Spirit Hand Kung Fu

VCD#1269 Five Poison Spirit Hand
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

This series is much along the same lines as that of the VCD directly above. Breathing, focusing and eventually striking exercises are shown against a sand bag supported on a small bench as in the scan. Many of the stikes are done very lightly, poison hand style, before showing the more foreful demonstrations.

Internal Health Kung Fu

VCD#1270 Wen Wu & Internal Health Forms
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

Wen Wu Ba Duan He Xue Nei Tan. These Health Preserving Exercises originated at Wudang Mt. in Jung Zhou, Hubei .This is the core of the Tai He internal system for health. Like the Ba Duan Jin or other Chi Kung exercises there is a combination of slow movements, respiration and self massage. These exercises are said to be associated with Qi Xing Zi Ran Taoism.

 
Wudang Tai Chi

VCD#1271 WD Tai Chi 13 Manners
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

This traditional form combines health preservation and self defense. Don't expect anything that looks like well known Tai Chi sets. One of its distinguishing characteristics is that the movements are mostly symmetrical. Some recognizable actions much like Repulse Monkey and Single Whip are well represented. This method is said to have been developed by a Taoist priest, Kun Lun Deng, during the early days of the Ming Dynasty. It came from the Deng Jia Quan 6th road combined with the essence of Zhang San Feng's Taiji Quan & 30 years experience of Wudang Quan.

Wu Dang San Shou

VCD#1272 WD Road #6 San Shou
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

This intermediate to adavanced level routine concentrates on Wu Dang Tai He's usage in fighting. It shows a number of applications from the core of the system. To our tastes there is a little too much discussion and often only one repetition of the application. Not all movements demonstrated are actually shown with an application. This does give a sense of the strikes of this particular system, however, some of which are direct to points on the body.

 

Dragon Boxing

VCD#1273 Dragon Boxing
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

Dragon Fist also known as "Continuous Stepping Fist". It was created by grand master Liu Chong Jun, President of the Sichuan Martial Association, about 100 years ago. It was introduced in National Nanjing Wushu college & became a mandatory subject for wushu students. Fast movements are well-arranged & balanced. This is often known as Lien Bu and used as a "basic" set though, technically it does not serve that purpose all that well in that it has few truly basic movements. It is very common, the first form taught, for example in the Northern Shaolin system. This version, taught by the teacher with three helpers, bears little resemblance to the typical beginning level version - though it is definitely the same form. It is a fluid set with some complex hand actions.

Stone Monkey Boxing

VCD#1274 Stone Monkey Boxing
About an hour, See Main VCD page for prices, CHINESE ONLY

It is said that this form was created by Tai Jing, a folk wushu practitioenr during Song Dynasty, over 500 years ago, based on experience of fighting with a Ape. The movements utilize some very quick actions and typical monkey like postures. This is one of the few examples of a Westerner demonstrating in any of these series.




























Kung Fu Spear
Kung FuFan Ke Ping's Books:- SC
Wrapped in leggings, his hair tied in a bun, this ancient warrior goes through a bunch of wonderfully funky postures: warming up on a drum seat, being stretched on a rack, performing hand stands, balances, kicks and strange hand positions.
Most of these books starts with the same section which often covers over 30% of the book. Each book has five sections, the first four of which entail basics chi kung, exercises, conditioning, strikes and applications. The remainder of each volume centers on that specific subject. Some of these are text only with very few illustrations. The general theme of the books is either very simple weapons sets—some quite rare such as needles, bench and strange weapons— or what one might call unsual information such as "poison hand" training (which is covered in his VCDs above) or wall climbing skills. Most of the series was published around 1990 and many of our copies are first editions found on the bottom shelf of Chinese book stores so, if you do purchase one, don't expect flawless condition. A little foxing here, a crease there, but an strange and unique series.


Five Poisons Sorrowful Hand - SC 1231095
by Fan KePing
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

458 Pages, Softbound. Clear line drawings.
Wu Du Duan Hun Shou. This edition is mostly text with about 90 pages in the front of illustrations and an illustrated little story at the back. The bulk of the book is discussion of hard, martial Qigong along with a lengthy regimen, almsot day by day, of how to train for this art. The art of poison hand is from fan's Wu Dang Tai He style and, in this case, seems to emphasize Iron Shirt skills more than the commonly associated Poison Hand operations of striking.


8 Immortals Drunken Sword - SC 2261095
by Fan KePing
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

210 pages. Ba Xian Zui Xing Jian.
This is one of the stranger volumes in the series. After the same opening section as the other in this series the book concentrates on a double weapon set. The first part of the sequence shows a man with a straight sword in one hand and a rod in the other. As the set progresses the "other weapon" changes to a shield, a fan, a tablet, a throwing dagger, a basket and a lotus scepter.


Righteousness & Great Spirit Boxing - SC 2271095
by Fan KePing
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

170 pages. Yi He Ta Shen Quan.
Even in this fairly unusual series this is a standout. This volume starts, as most of them do, with the same section on training for strength, basics and Qigong. The next part entails a riutal practice where talismen are burned, special wine drunk and then the man performing the ritual does a series of unusual acts such as iron body, jumping onto a roof with light body, flying kicks against weapons and breaking poles over his own head. The poem which accompanies this demonstration mentions an "immortal" time and again.


Wild Goose Spirit Spear - SC 3271095
by Fan KePing
Some Stock: $10.95; Simplified Chinese Characters Only

172 Pages, Softbound. Clear line drawings.
After its introductory exercises this short (about fifty move) form is shown. It's distinguishing features, other than a few unusual poses, seems to be that it is a mostly one-handed form.


Four Gate Single Slicing Saber - SC 4241095
by Fan KePing
 Not for Sale at this time,Simplified Chinese Characters Only

202 Pages, Softbound. Clear line drawings.
After about forty per cent of the book taken with the same basics as others in the series, this volume gives a medium sized saber form with the illustrated character dressed in classic, loose Chinese clothing. Many of the postures are traditional poses with a very rare (for saber) hook stance and a movement where the sword is turned, point down, into the earth.

Wooden Bench Blocking the Door - SC 4271095
by Fan KePing
 Not for Sale at this time,, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

166 Pages, Softbound. Clear line drawings.
Xi Deng Lan Men Quan. Wrapped in leggings, his hair tied in a bun, this ancient warrior goes through a bunch of wonderfully funky postures. Once the basics are covered this BENCH form starts. The player begins with a long empty handed section, then the bench materializes and the middle section of the form shows its distinctive postures, then the bench is set down and an empty hand finale wrapes things up. There are few books indeed on bench forms.

Yin Yang Wall Qigong - SC 4281095R
by Fan KePing
Not for Sale at this time,Simplified Chinese Characters Only

226 Pages, Softbound. Clear line drawings.
Yin Yang Xi Bi Gong. This is a book from Fan's WuDang Tai He system on the relatively rare art of what has sometimes been called "Bic Kung Fu" (Gecko Skills) or the art of wall climbing. In the Kung FGu context this is seen as a cross between "internal" and "external" arts because of the required calmness and breathing along with physical strength. The book is mostly text and gives a regimen which is supposed to be drilled over a long period of time with progressive exercises. Some illustrations show key strengthening drills.

Plum Flower Hidden Needles - SC 5071095
by Fan Ke-Ping
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

178 Pages, Softbound. Illustrated.
MEIHUA YINXING CHEN .Wrapped in leggings, his hair tied in a bun, this ancient warrior goes through a bunch of wonderfully funky postures: warming up on a drum seat, being stretched on a rack, performing hand stands, balances, kicks and strange hand positions. Then a long haired beauty performs a set with tiny little needles jumping, spinning and periodically tossing them. Whatever the merits and authenticity of this little book such projectile weapons were indeed part of a female Kung Fu fighter's arsenal. T. Y. Wong in his book from the 1960's San Francisco (now here's an obscure reference,we don't even have this text any more ) mentions a woman's style he knew of that had never been taught to a man.

Four Gate Blocking Spear - SC 5141095
by Fan KePing
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

166 Pages, Softbound. Clear line drawings.
Wrapped in leggings, his hair tied in a bun, this ancient warrior goes through a bunch of wonderfully funky postures: warming up on a drum seat, being stretched on a rack, performing hand stands, balances, kicks and strange hand positions.
Each of these books starts with the same section. But then this one goes on to show a very short set with the spear with, as is typical of this fun series, some fairly weird moves like holding the weapon under your armpit - no hands. Just a neat, strange group of books some of them a little worn because we're probably selling the first printing which has been around a while.

1000 Pound Skill - SC 5261095
by Fan KePing
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

148 pages. Qian Jun Zhui Di Gong.
This volume of the series devotes itself to weight lifting and other strengthening exercises in the realm of Kung Fu training. Detailed notes gives different regimens for each group of exercises. Drawings of a man lifting stones weights is included.

Great Spirit Water Treading Skill - SC 5271095
by Fan KePing
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

252 pages. Tai Yi Lu Shui Gong.
The subject of "light body" is one of the higher skills of Kung Fu. Like drunken style, or vibrating palm, or any number of other special studies the ability to "lighten the body" is a valid and historical part of Kung Fu training.This particular volume is mostly text with a detailed regimen, day by day, to acquiring this skill.

Reclining Green Dragon Moon Knife- SC 6071095
by Fan KePing et al.
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

178 Pages, Softbound. Drawings.
Qing Lung Yan YueDao. Another of one of the stranger Kung Fu book series. Inexpensive volumes in this group were issued around 1991. Each book has five sections, the first four of which detail basics chi kung, exercises, conditioning, strikes and applications. The remainder of each volume centers on that specific subject with fairly unusual set and somewhat rudimentary drawings with some truly quirky forms but scalable form.
IN THIS CASE we have the Da Dao, always a favorite.

Boundless Heaven Stir Clouds Broom - SC 6081095
by Fan KePing et al.
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

164 Pages, Softbound. Drawings.
ManTian BoYun Sao. Another of one of the stranger Kung Fu book series. Inexpensive volumes in this group were issued around 1991. Each book has five sections, the first four of which entail basics chi kung, exercises, conditioning, strikes and applications. The remainder of each volume centers on that specific subject with fairly unusual set and somewhat rudimentary drawings with some truly quirky forms but scalable form.
ABOUT 46 postures illustrate this neat little set with a short handled broom. Possibly something to encourage your child to clean up?


Hung Family Secret Fist - SC 6101095R
by Fan Ke Ping et al.
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

195 Pages, Softbound. Drawings.
Hung Men KanJia Quan. Another of one of the stranger Kung Fu book series. Inexpensive volumes in this group were issued around 1991. Each book has five sections, the first four of which entail basics chi kung, exercises, conditioning, strikes and applications. The remainder of each volume centers on that specific subject with a fairly unusual set and somewhat rudimentary drawings with some truly quirky forms but scalable form.
This time we have a Hung Sect empty hand form. Hung if often associated with the Southern Chinese style Hung Gar (Jia) but it also considered the alias among WuShu experts for Shaolin style.

Goose Tail Single Saber - SC 6111095F
by Fan Ke Ping et al.
Not for Sale at this time, Simplified Chinese Characters Only

174 Pages, Softbound. Drawings.
Hung Men KanJia Quan. Another of one of the stranger Kung Fu book series. Inexpensive volumes in this group were issued around 1991. Each book has five sections, the first four of which entail basics chi kung, exercises, conditioning, strikes and applications. The remainder of each volume centers on that specific subject with fairly unusual set and somewhat rudimentary drawings with some truly quirky forms but scalable form.
THIS particular volume shows the split tongued saber. Names such as Green Dragon Emerges from the Sea and Lion Shakes Head mark this form (in drawings performed by a female?) with about 54 movements.

Wandering Knight Double Monk's Sabers - SC 702 1095F
Some in Stock: $10.95
by Fan Ke Ping et al.
Simplified Chinese Characters Only

180 Pages, Softbound. Drawings.
Learning a double saber set from a book is hardly easy. After the introductory sections shared by mot books inthis series, a twin saber form of about sixty movemments is shown. The illustrations are clear with each taking a page. It would have been a help, at least for aspiring students who wanted to try and learn the set, to have illustrated the paths of the swords but, with a little common sense, they may be self-evident. Over all, a straight forward addition to this unusual series.





















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